The cooperating witnesses face minimum sentences of 10 years in prison, unless the prosecution recommends leniency.
They include formal written cooperation agreements under which S.E.C. lawyers recommend leniency for parties providing information in their proposals to the commissioners, who must approve enforcement actions.
His crimes carry a maximum sentence of 122 years, though his cooperation agreement said that if he provided "substantial assistance" to the government, prosecutors would recommend leniency.
Although Mr. Warsame pleaded guilty to a nine-count indictment and could be sentenced to life in prison, he will almost certainly be the beneficiary of a letter from prosecutors to the judge recommending leniency when he is sentenced if he continues to cooperate with the government.
The offenses carry a maximum of 25 years in prison, but as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors are expected to recommend leniency for Mr. Franklin in return for his cooperation in a continuing investigation in the January trial of the two lobbyists, Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman.
The recently updated guidelines of the Joint National Committee on the Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC8) recommended greater leniency in treating hypertension in individuals over the age of 60.
Prosecutors expect to recommend "extraordinary" leniency for Frank DiPascali Jr., who has admitted being Bernard L. Madoff's crucial lieutenant in history's largest Ponzi scheme, according to documents made public in federal court in Manhattan on Friday.
The jury found the prisoners guilty and recommended them to leniency, asking the judge to take into consideration the political motives.
To get people talking, the Reid training also recommends questions that imply leniency without making explicit promises, and that reduce moral responsibility by blaming peer pressure: "Was this your idea or did your buddies talk you into it?" Interrogators are advised to pretend to have evidence but not to fabricate it.
He also asked to be allowed a final broadcast, a script called "Ashes of Europe Calling", in which he recommended peace with Japan, American management of Italy, the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, and leniency toward Germany.
